Folding couch-bed



R. BRADSHAW.

FOLDING coucHED. APFLCATION FILED FEB. 101.19m. RENEWED JAN. 19,1921.

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R. nADsHAw.. FOLDING coucH BED. y H APPLICATION' FILED FEB. 10, |919. RENEWED JAN. 19,1921' 1 369,385, Patentedlveb. 22,1921..

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UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD BRADSHAW, 0F MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA. i

FOLDING COUCH-BED.

Application filed February 10, 1919, Serial o. 275,996. Renewed january 19,l 1921.

./ 1o all whom t 'may comer/n.:

Be it known that I, RICHARD BnADsHAW, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful 1mprovements in Folding Couch-Beds, of which th following is a full, clear, and exact description.

- rl"his invent-ion relates to improvements in folding couch bedsV and the object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and durably constructed*metal-frame couch forms the' top of the couch byday.y A mattress folded at its longitudinalV center is mounted on a bed bottom fabric supported in this upper or cover portion. The first named portion carries another section of bed bottom fabric, which, is arranged in the form of a basket. When the couch is fol ded, the basket isin operative position and may be' used to contain the bedding during vthe day. When the couch is open for use, the

basket is inverted and its bottom forms a` support for the mattress. Inthe drawings which illustrate the inventiong- Figure 1 .is an end elevation in its folded position. t'

Fig. 2 is an Yend elevation illustrating the device in process of being opened.

Fig.v 3 is an end elevation of the device arranged for use as abed'. Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofthe device arranged for use as a bed ywith the mattress taken off.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, A, B and C represent the threemain portions of the framework. The portion A short front legs 11 and llonger of the device comprises back legs 12 connected by horizontally disposed members 13. The legs and members 18 are connected by .braces 14. As the legs Specification of Letters Patent.

Vthe part Serial No. 438,526.

11 and 12 are of different lengths and all rest upon the floor, it will be obvious that the back legs 12 project farther upward than the front legs. The portion B of the framework includes front legsv 15 of the-same length as the back legs 12 of the part A and short back legs 16, which are pivotally connected at 17 to the upper ends ofthe front legs 11 of the partA. The legs 15 and 16 are connected by horizontally disposed members 18. Braces 19` are also connected between the legs 15 and 16 andthe members 18. The legs 16 0f portion B are pivot'ed inside the legs 11 of the portion A and the whole of portion B is made,v somewhat Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

shorter than portion A, so thatwhen portion B is swung around the pivotal point 17,

it will occupy a position insidefportion A, as clearly shown in n 'of the device includes a rectangular frame'- Fig. 1.A The portion vC work'20 pivotedjnear its rear edge to' theV upper extremities of the legs 12 at thepoint 21 vand provided near its front edgewith short legs 22, adapted to rest on the members 13 when the framework is Vdisposed in a horizontal plane. BracesY 23 may be connected between the legs22 andf the framework 20. A bracket 24 is connected near the bottom of oneor both of the legs 12 and a similar bracket 25 is connected to the rear edge of the framework 20.` -A helical spring y 26 is connected between the two brackets.

It will be noticed that both of these brackets are'to theY rear of the pivotal point 21', so that when the framework 20sin horizontal position, as shown in Figs. ,l or 3, the brackets are farther apart than when the frameworkis in the vertical position shownV in Fig.2 2. V.It will thus be seen that the sprin 26 is in tension when the' frame 20 is horizontally arranged,` so that when the frame is raised to the position shown Vin Fig. 2, the spring 26 will assist in lifting it and will also servey to hold it in vertical position, owing to the'disposition of the bracket 25v and the engagement vofthe ends ofthe members 2O with'the legs 12 holding C against movement past the vertical position by action of the springs. Any suitable bed bottom fabric 27 is stretched in the frame 20 and forms a support for the whole of the mattress 28 when the couch is folded, as in Fig. '1, or for half the mattress when the couch is larranged as in Fig. 3.

A basket 29 of bed bottom fabric is mounted in the frame portion B and is so arranged that when the device is folded, asl in Fig. l, the'basket-isy available to hold bedding and when the device is arranged as in Fig. 3, the basket is inverted and its' bottom forms in effect a continuation of .the bed bottom fabric 27 and serves to support one half of the mattress. The mattress 28, which is of the construction ordinarily used 'in couches of this character, is folded at its longitudinal center line and is pio vided with a valance 30, which in the day time hangs in front of the couch.

A until the legs l5 rest on the floor. The' portion C is then lowered to its original horizontal position, the legs 22 resting on the members 13. As this motion is proceeding,

the'valanoe 30falls naturally alongthe side of the inverted basket 29v to the position` shown in Fig. 3, and is thus guarded against creasing. lThe mattress is then opened out and-the bed made up in the usual manner. lVhen the bed is to be folded to couch form, the motions are reversed. Vhen folded as a couch, the legsl of the part B are supported on the frame 13 by ,lugs-31 provided l on the-legs.l f It will be noted that'the legs with the ymain 1 5v are offset at 32 near their lower extremities, so as to clear the frame 20 when' the device is folded as acouch. i v

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim is;- y Y v l. In a couch bed, a, pair of independent bottom fabric sections, one section being invertible under the other and marginal eX- tensions of lsaid invertible section forming portion a basket adapted to hold bedding and `the, like duringthe inverted position of the section.

2. In a couch bed, a central frame, and a air of supplementary mattress supporting rameshin edly connected at opposite lonfgitudinal `e ges off-the central frame, one of said supplementary frames being adapted to V`swing within thecentral frame-and including legs positionedto support its free edge on n the central frame in swungin position and-feet projecting beyond said legs adaptedito support-it onthe floor when in swungout position, and the second supplementary frame including legs at its free edge to sup- -port it on the central frame.

3.r In a device of the class described, a central frame, and a pair of `supplementary frames hingedly eonnectedat opposite longitudinal edges of the .central frame, one of said supplementary frames being adapted Vto swing into thev central frame, a basket of bed bottom fabric mounted in said supplementary frame positioned when the frame is in swung-in position to hold bedding and when the frame is in 'swung-out position to be inverted and form a mattress support, and a bed bottom fabric mounted in said second supplementary frame in position to tom of the basket of the'first supplementary frame when sition. n n

4. A folding couch bed comprising a main lthe latteris in swung-out po.

occupy the same horizontal plane as the botcentral frame provided at one side with rel- Y atively long legs extending above and below the frame and at the opposite side with relatively short depending legs, va supplementary side frame provided at one side with .relatively short dependingfleg's pivoted at their Vlowerends to the upper ends of the short -legs of the central frame, said supplementary frame being provided at the opposite side with relativelylong depending legs of substantially the'same length as the long legs of the first frame, and the second supplementary side frame'having one side pivoted vto the upper ends of the long legs oftheV first frame and the'opposite sides provided with vshort depending legs adapted `'to engage the end portions of the central frame to support said second supplementary framek in horizontal.v position with its upper surfaceV ina plane withthecorresponding surface of the first supplementary frame. K

5. An arrangement according' to-claim 4 in which the first mentioned supplementary n frameis foldable in apposition beneath the second supplementary frame and within the central frame and has thelonger legsther'eof provided with feet'oifset to clear the second. supplementary frame and .presenting projections .engageable with the central frame to support thereintlie Vfree edge of said mentioned frame. 'A

In witness whereof,..I have hereunto set my hand. .Y w i RICHARD isiiAnsiiiiiiijy f 

